Changing config file name

[Shadow008]

Hello friends,is it possible for me to rename the config.php file and use it with an other name while the forum will still work ??,i want to add this to secure my forum,please help ,i am using vb3.8.7 (Beta 1)

Shadow008 Reviewed by Shadow008 on 7th Jan 2011. Changing config file name Hello friends,is it possible for me to rename the config.php file and use it with an other name while the forum will still work ??,i want to add this to secure my forum,please help :),i am using vb3.8.7 (Beta 1) Rating: 5

[XSLTel]

it is possible but you need to modify all files of vbulletin (not all of them but most of them) with the new name of config file

[Royal King]

No use :/

[Flash]

Im not sure if it will work because correct me if im wrong but if you were to change anything to your config file like your mysql database name, user, and pass your forum will not work because it is linked to that database.

[SuicidalMedia]

Why would you do that? If you want your forum to be more than 'secured'. Just CHMOD all files to 644 and folders to 755. So no one would be able to upload anything, such as php shell. Changing of config.php name can be done, just change name of the "config.php" including in files, so you would need to search all files that are mentioning / including "config.php". But it has no use to do that..

[Shadow008]

Why would you do that? If you want your forum to be more than 'secured'. Just CHMOD all files to 644 and folders to 755. So no one would be able to upload anything, such as php shell. Changing of config.php name can be done, just change name of the "config.php" including in files, so you would need to search all files that are mentioning / including "config.php". But it has no use to do that..

bro as im a hacker of pakcyberarmy,i hacked my own sites db and i have used your steps with u told me,but it seems it can be still read by a hacker ,also see this hacking forum >>> http://www.cyber-crime.org ,and u can see,its a vbulletin forum,and when u go here to the config file,it is not there >>> http://www.cyber-crime.org/includes/config.php ,i need it to be renamed to be safe from hackers

[SuicidalMedia]

File is there, it just can't be read accessing it via browser. Neither yours can, you've already added htaccess password protection on your includes folder, even for a biggest paranoid ever that should be enough.

[GoPantheoN]

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=198856

Offtopic : Rofl @ Shadown, doesn't even know whether a file exists in a site or not (http://www.cyber-crime.org/includes/config.php) and he hacks .

[NewEraCracker]

config.php has no output
Thats why it shows an empty page.

[masterbator]

bro as im a hacker of pakcyberarmy,i hacked my own sites db and i have used your steps with u told me,but it seems it can be still read by a hacker ,also see this hacking forum >>> http://www.cyber-crime.org ,and u can see,its a vbulletin forum,and when u go here to the config file,it is not there >>> http://www.cyber-crime.org/includes/config.php ,i need it to be renamed to be safe from hackers

you are a hacker?